Sem: Sentencing, Sanctions and Corrections (LAW-732-001)
Kittrie
Meets: 06:00 PM - 07:50 PM (W) - Room 501
Enrolled: 9 / Limit: 20
Notices
Sentencing, Sanctions and Corrections: American, Comparative and International Law, Practice, Theory and Policy
The Seminar will examine and review several timely topics in the area of criminal sentencing, penalties and corrections, including: (1) the Death Penalty; (2) Sentencing White Collar Offenders; (3) Sentencing Habitual Sexual Offenders; (4) Sentencing Women Offenders; (5) Sentencing Recidivists; (6) Sentencing in Islam; (7) Sentencing in China; (8) Sentencing in the Military; (9) Sentencing for Drugs; (10) Sentencing of Minorities (i.e., African-Americans, Hispanics.) ; (11) Sentencing in Western Europe; (12) Correctional Innovations; (13) the Status and Problems of Former Prison Inmates; (14) Innovations in Probation and Parole; (15) the Criminal Sentencing of Professionals: Lawyers and Physicians; (16) Model Sentencing Laws – Federal and states; (17) The Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders; (18) Sentencing Terrorists.
Special Seminar Issues:
• Should some of the Housing, Savings & Loan, Banking & Stock Market Leaders be Criminal Prosecuted, and for what?
• Should some Political & Military Leaders responsible for U.S. Overseas Wars be Criminally Prosecuted, and for what?
• Why does the USA have more Citizens in Prison than any other country?
Description
The philosophy and practices of sentencing and corrections: retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, the death penalty, corporal punishment, imprisonment, fines, probation, and innovative alternatives; sentencing criteria and practices; women, juveniles, and other special classes of offenders, including the insane, alcoholics, drug addicts, corporate offenders, draft resisters, political dissidents, and sexual psychopaths; a review of the institutions responsible for carrying out penal sanctions - prisons, mental institutions, and juvenile facilities; and practices of foreign countries.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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TEXTBOOK: "Sentencing, Sanctions and Corrections: Federal and State Law, Policy, and Practice" by Kittrie, Zenoff, et al. (Foundation Press: University Casebook Serices, 2nd ed, 2002) (ISBN: 1566629705).
SUPPLEMENT: Kittrie, "The Right to Be Different" (Johns Hopkins Press) (on reserve in the library).
First Class Readings
For the first class meeting on Wed., Jan. 14th, please read chapter 1 in Kittrie, et al., "Sanctions, Sentencing & Corrections".
UPDATE: Please also download from Blackboard "Chapter Fourteen: Sentencing & COrrections Practice Cases" and read the following cases:
Case #3, p. 652 -- Dangerous Drugs
Case #5, p. 655 -- Death by Negligence
Case #6, p. 656 -- Theft over $200
Case #7, p. 657 -- Assault causing Blindness
Case #2, p. 649 -- Robbery, 2nd Degree
Syllabus
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